2017-08-24 Thu

For the first time in history, India gets a banknote of Rs.200!

In a press release dated 24th August 2017, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced Rs. 200/- banknotes. These new notes are due to be issued on August 25, 2017, in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing the signature of Dr Urjit R. Patel, Governor of RBI from select RBI offices and banks.

This new denomination depicts on its reverse a famous Buddhist monument, the Sanchi Stupa, depicting our country’s diverse cultural heritage. Based in against a Bright Yellow, this note has other designs and geometric patterns merging with the overall colour scheme.

Let’s take a look at the features of this new note:

Obverse:

1. See through register with denominational numeral 200
2. Latent image with denominational numeral 200
3. Denominational numeral 200 in Devnagari
4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
5. Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘Bharat’ (in Devanagari), ‘India’ and ‘200’
6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘Bharat’(in Devanagari) and RBI with colour shift.
7. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait
8. Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, Rs. 200 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right
9. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
10. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (200) watermarks
11. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side
12. For visually impaired
Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised Identification Mark H with micro-text ? 200, four angular bleed lines with two circles in between the lines both on the right and left sides

Reverse:

13. Year of printing of the note on the left
14. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
15. Language panel
16. Motif of Sanchi Stupa
17. Denominational numeral 200 in Devanagari.

Information Courtesy: RBI News Release (www.rbi.org.in)